Smoker&#39;s pipe with removable adjustable cover



Nov. 1, 1938. F, HUDES 2,135,179

. SMOKER'S PIPE WITH REMOVABLE ADJUSTABLE COVER Filed Aug. 38, 1957 I wORNEY Patented Nov. 1, 1938 UNlTED "STATES SMOKERJS PIPE REMOVABLE AD-M JUSTABLE COVER" Frederick 'Hudes,Kew Gardens, N. Y.

Application August 28, 1937, Serial No. 161,374

2 Claims.

This invention relates to devices such as tobacco pipes.

One object of the invention is to provide atobacco pipe'havingimproved means for covering the pipe bowl to prevent wind from blowing burning tobacco from the-bowl, and to regulate the burning of the tobacco.

I have observed that tobacco burns more readily in a pipe bowl in thepresence of wind than when the atmosphere is calm. In the former case, I find that-a cover is a definite aid in smoking, whereas in calm weather thecover acts as an obstruction for draft and renders it difficult to keep the pipe lit. Hence I have conceived of a removable cover, and preferably one that the smoker can readily apply and remove without-requiring tools,'nor any particular manipulation, and which shall aiford a neat-appearing pipe bothwith and without the cover, and yet permit the coverto beopened and closed in normal use without detachment from the pipe bowl. I a It is therefore'an object of the invention to provide-a tobacco pipe which shall provide the advantages noted withoutany of the corresponding disadvantages, and in particular to provide a cover that is pivotallyengageable with a pipe bowl by resilient action for easy attachment and detachment.

Another object of the invention is to furnish a tobacco pipe having a cover pivotally mounted thereon according to an improved arrangement such that a minimum of clearance space is required in swinging the cover between open and closed positions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tobacco pipe having relatively few and simple parts, and which is inexpensive to manufacture, compact, neat, durable, reliable and efficient to a high degree in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tobacco pipe with the cover shown in closed position, and in dot dash lines in open position.

Fig. 2is a perspective view of the tobacco with the cover removed.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the cover.

Fig. 4 is-a vertical sectional view of the pipe bowl, with the cover in dot-dash lines in course produced embodying less than thewhole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several difierent constructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as showing the preferred exemplificationof the invention. 7

Referring in detail to the drawing, l denotes a tobacco pipe embodying the invention. The same may include a. pipe bowl I I having an integral stem portion :l2, anda detachable extension stem portion or mouth piece l3.

The pipe bowl H is preferably of generally circular or cylindrical shape, this being of relatively universal configuration for tobacco pipes. Opposite sides of the pipe bowl II are formed to provide flat parallel seating surfaces I4 for a purpose hereinafter described.

Cooperating with the pipe bowl is a cover I5 which may comprise a disc portion l6 having draft perforations l1. Depending from the disc portion are integral legs l8. The latter may have parallel inner faces l9 spaced to snugly receive therebetween the pipe bowl II, with the faces l9 seating on those at M. The outer surfaces of the legs I 8 may be of are shaped form to complement the outside surface of thepipe bowl to maintain a circular configuration as shown in Fig. 1, when the cover is in closed position.

To permit easy removability of'the cover l5 while providing for opening and closing movement of the cover in its'attached position, I provide alined projections or tits 2!) on the legs l8 at the inner faces l9. For pivotally receiving these projections, I provide depressions or recesses 2| in the opposite faces '14 of the pipe bowl.

By constructing the cover l5 of a material such as-briar wood, composition, or the like, the

pipe

the pipe bowl, as shown'in Fig. 1.

legs l8 are adapted to be sprung apart, so that thecover may be manipulated as shown in dotdash lines in Fig. 4 to secure the cover to the be sprung out of the recesses 2| and the cover removed.

In swinging the cover I5 about the tits 2!] between open and closed positions considerable clearance is required at the disc portion 16 f the cover. This necessitates a special configuraiton of the cover which increases the cost thereof. Furthermore, a cut away is required in the pipe bowl; as shown in Fig. 7, which, when the cover is detached, destroys the effect of regularity in the pipe bowl, and reduces the capacity thereof. I find that these drawbacks can be diminished or avoided by offsetting the recesses'2l and the tits 20 toward one side of the center of A comparatively small bevel 22 will then afford all the requisite clearance while permitting the disc portion IE to be of even thickness. In fact, the bevel at 22 affords a desirable air opening to facilitate draft.

If it be desired to reduce the stress that results in. springing the cover onto the pipe bowl, as in Fig. 4, I may provide a slight bevel at each fiat face M at the bottom thereof as shown at 23. Hence the cover l may be attached to the pipe bowl from the general tilted position indicated in dot dash lines in Fig. 1, by moving the cover legs [8 upward and toward the left to cause the tits 2! to pass over the bevels 23 and snap into recesses 2|. This arrangement will prevent accidental upward removal of the cover, and yet, when the cover is in open position, the disc portion i6 thereof rests upon the stem portion l2 as shown, avoiding accidental release of the cover.

If the tits andtheir recesses be generally centrally disposed as indicatedat 25 in the device 26, the bowl must be substantially cut away as at 2'! and the disc part a of the cover must be correspondingly shaped and thickened.

These irregularities are undesirable as pointed out above. However, a bevel as at 23 may still be used.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a tobacco pipe which fulfills the objects of the invention and is well adapted for practical use, and that the invention is also applicable to pipe bowls of other contours.

Iclaim:

1. A tobacco pipe including a pipe bowl, a member including a cover for the bowl and legs dependingly connected to the cover, the bowl being disposed between said legs, and pivot means interengaging said legs and opposite sides of the bowl for swinging opening and closing movement .of the cover about the axis of the pivot means,

said member including resilient material so that the legs are adapted to be sprung apart for engagement and disengagement of the member at the pivot means, the latter including releasably interengaging head and socket portions, the sides of the bowl being beveled from the pivot means to provide cams inclined for facilitating interengagement of the head and, socket portions, and the bevels being remote from the upper part of the bowl to prevent accidental upward release of the member. r

2. A tobacco pipe including a pipe bowl, a onepiece member including a cover for the bowl and legs dependingly connected to the cover, the bowl being disposed between said legs, and pivot means interengaging said legs and opposite sides of the bowl for swinging opening and closing movement of the cover about the axis of the pivot means, said member consisting of briar wood so that the legs are adapted to be slightly sprung apart for engagement and disengagement of the member at the pivot means, the latter including releasably interengaging head and socket portions, and the sides of the bowlbeing beveled from the pivot means to provide cam inclines for facilitating interengagernent of the head and socket portions withoutcausing breakage of said member, the bevelsjbeing'remote from the upper portion of the bowl so that accidental upward removal of said member is avoided.

. FREDERICK HUDES. 

